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He had struggled through a nagging rib injury that has limited him to six tournaments this year, but was buoyed by his second round at Erin Hills after complaining about feeling rusty after his substandard opening 18 holes. Fowler, teeing off on the 10th, was quickly into his stride with back-to-back birdies on his second and third holes. His father Gerry, who has been in the golf industry for almost four decades, said over the phone this week that as a 17-year-old, his son's ball-striking ... (more...)

Reavie had five birdies in a six-hole stretch beginning on No. 11. "You don't often see that in a U.S. Open ", Hadwin said. "I felt the most calm I have in a major in a long time this week", said Day, who arrived last Friday. Masters champion Danny Willett withdrew from the U.S. Open with a sore back on Friday as the Englishman's injury woes continued. The Englishman won the Masters a year ago for his only PGA Tour victory. (more...)

He never threw more than 16 pitches in an inning until the eighth, ending that one by fanning Yoenis Cespedes in an 11-pitch at-bat. We have to go out there and continue playing good baseball. With one out, Murphy doubles. Nationals: LHP Sammy Solis, on the DL since April 19 with inflammation in his pitching elbow, began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Syracuse on Thursday and pitched one inning against visiting Pawtucket, allowing a home run to Rusney Castillo leading off the first. (more...)

Fowler , 28, who was 25 over par for his previous four rounds in the US Open , ended the day a shot ahead of compatriot Xander Schauffele and England's Paul Casey , with Tommy Fleetwood , Brian Harman and Brooks Koepka a shot further back. (more...)

And also it just all depends. Every part of the game is going to have to work well if I want to have a chance here on Sunday afternoon. "Yes, there is a few stairs in the house we are staying this week and actually there is a spiral staircase but then I sit down when I now go up and down stairs". (more...)

Ronaldo has scored his 406 Real Madrid goals at an average of 1.03 per appearance. Madrid on Wednesday issued a statement saying that it was convinced Ronaldo "will demonstrate his complete innocence". Chinese Super League clubs have been paying huge sums of money to acquire players from across the globe in recent years and the opportunity to add Ronaldo to that list would be too good to turn down. (more...)

The move comes after Green actually showed restraint following Game 5. "The "Q" that's what those guys' arena's called", Green said about the Cavs. It began with Green accusing LeBron of starting the "Super Team" while speaking with USA Today at Thursday's parade. (more...)

This year, Erin Hills in the rural Wisconsin town of Erin (about 35 miles northwest of Milwaukee) is the host course for the 117th edition of America's golf championship. Open. Erin Hills sprawls across a massive amount of land. Mickelson, who has six U.S. Open runner-up finishes, had appeared in 23 straight U.S. Opens dating back to 1994. (more...)

The world number one has worked himself into form in Paris this fortnight and will face Stan Wawrinka on Friday after a 2-6 6-1 7-6 (7/0) 6-1 victory over Kei Nishikori . Murray, who lost back-to-back matches to Borna Coric and Fabio Fognini in Madrid and Rome, said: "They are all obviously playing extremely well". (more...)

Pakistan defeated England to reach the final of the tournament this week. Former English cricketer Nasser Hussain criticized England captain Eoin Morgan for blaming the pitch for its ICC Champions Trophy 2017 semi-final toss to Pakistan. (more...)

The 19-year-old said at a press conference: "When I came here I didn't expect I am going to be in the semis, but I was playing better and better every match, so if I keep it up, I think anything can happen". Rain canceled the men's quarter-finals on Tuesday. This is the first Grand Slam tournament since the 1979 Australian Open that none of the eight women's quarterfinalists had won a major title. (more...)

McDonald's will continue to be a sponsor of the 2018 Winter Games in Korea, operating restaurants in the Olympic Park and Olympic Village. The split deals a blow to an event that's already been struggling to line up host cities. "The brand relevance is simply not there anymore", Mr Nally said in an interview. A spokeswoman for Intel did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (more...)

James teamed up with All Stars Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh on the Miami Heat to win his first championship in 2012. It should be noted that after last year's NBA Finals , James wore an Ultimate Warrior T-shirt . "He's a talent of his own ", James said of Durant. Green's T-shirt read: "Quickie", with a big "Q" and the Larry O'Brien trophy next to it. "We appreciate you joining the super team". (more...)

Not only did Nadal win every set he played in the tournament, he dropped a total of only 35 games, the second fewest by any man on the way to any title at a major tournament with all matches being best-of-five-sets in the Open era, which dates to 1968. (more...)

Juventus last won the Champions League in 1995/96, the season he made his debut for Parma at the age of 17, five years before he signed for the Turin giants. It was a different story after the break, however, and though Juve's drilled defence initially kept Real at arm's length, they were undone by a two-goal salvo. (more...)

Host Russia , ranked 63rd in the world, opens Group A play on Saturday against New Zealand in St. Petersburg . According to the press service, the goal-line technology will be implemented during the Confederations Cup 2017 matches in Russian Federation as planned and in accordance with earlier experience of using the system during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. (more...)

Adding Durant was considered nearly overkill. "That's what we needed". "It's like, really just about having fun playing ball and let's see how we can win together and that alone just helps the ego. "So you have a clear sense of what matters when you go through that stuff". This season was the Kevin Durant season. Some reports have suggested James , the best player on the planet, may head to California to join the Lakers or Clippers in 2018, likely bringing talented players along ... (more...)

Chung, the 21-year-old world number 67, followed up his first round win over U.S. 27th seed Sam Querrey with a 6-1, 7-5, 6-1 victory against Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan. "I'm starting to feel better". That's why he's No1 in the world and I know how important this tournament is for him. Murray, the top seed, fought to a tiebreak win in the first set and narrowly took the second before del Potro lost all his steam and dropped the third set without winning a game. (more...)

Then after a long pause he added, "But it would be nice to get rid of that at some point". However, he was still well outside the top 100 at 5 over, with only the top 60 and ties making the weekend. Leishman won the US PGA Tour's Arnold Palmer Invitational in March. "I can't put it any other way other than just there was some good stuff mixed in with a lot of poor stuff". (more...)

Fly-half Sam Davies was patchy on his first worldwide start, Gareth Anscombe showed some nice touches from full-back while Scott Williams and Steff Evans failed to replicate their Scarlets form, although it turned into a night that wasn't conducive for expansive rugby. (more...)